Things Only Kids Who Went To Elementary School in the 90s will Understand

Things Only Kids Who Went To Elementary School in the 90s will Understand

Only the cool kids had Lisa Frank
Hannah Brown
Hannah Brown Apr 4, 2017
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1. If a kid could eat one of these they were worshipped like a god.




3. You would start a fight to go draw on these in class.


4. You probably got high on these at one point.



5. Peeling this off your hands was heaven




6. The best day of gym was scooting around on these




7. And field day wasn't complete without this



8. Only the coolest people had these


9. This was the loudest thing on the face of the earth



10. If you were lucky you could get mechanical pencils




11. You always slyly played this on the computer.




12. You were an artist if you could make the "S"



13. Book Fairs were the shit



14. Slap bracelets were the rave


15. This was the real way to talk to your friend in class

Cover Image Credit: http://www.whiskeyriff.com/2016/05/02/10-reasons-why-90s-kids-had-the-best-childhood/
Hannah Brown
Hannah Brown Apr 4, 2017
At University Of Mary Washington

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5 Perks Of Having A Long-Distance Best Friend

The best kind of long-distance relationship.
Schlea Thomas
Schlea Thomas Jan 25, 2016
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Sometimes, people get annoyed when girls refer to multiple people as their "best friend," but they don't understand. We have different types of best friends. There's the going out together best friend, the see each other everyday best friend and the constant, low maintenance best friend.

While I'm lucky enough to have two out of the three at the same school as me, my "low maintenance" best friend goes to college six hours from Baton Rouge.

This type of friend is special because no matter how long you go without talking or seeing each other, you're always insanely close. Even though I miss her daily, having a long-distance best friend has its perks. Here are just a few of them...

1. Getting to see each other is a special event.

Sometimes when you see someone all the time, you take that person and their friendship for granted. When you don't get to see one of your favorite people very often, the times when you're together are truly appreciated.

2. You always have someone to give unbiased advice.

This person knows you best, but they probably don't know the people you're telling them about, so they can give you better advice than anyone else.

3. You always have someone to text and FaceTime.

While there may be hundreds of miles between you, they're also just a phone call away. You know they'll always be there for you even when they can't physically be there.

4. You can plan fun trips to visit each other.

When you can visit each other, you get to meet the people you've heard so much about and experience all the places they love. You get to have your own college experience and, sometimes, theirs, too.

5. You know they will always be a part of your life.

If you can survive going to school in different states, you've both proven that your friendship will last forever. You both care enough to make time for the other in the midst of exams, social events, and homework.

The long-distance best friend is a forever friend. While I wish I could see mine more, I wouldn't trade her for anything.

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Schlea Thomas Jan 25, 2016
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Dance Marathon Helped Me Understand What It Is That I Stand For

What do you stand for?

Emily Fiorini
Emily Fiorini Mar 18, 2019
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The weekend of March 1, 2019, I stood for over 20 hours for the kids. Yep, I am not lying.

Dance Marathon at FSU is a 40-hour event split into two shifts of 20 hours. My freshman year, I earned sit times throughout the marathon, which I was incredibly thankful for, but this year was something totally different. I was on the internal team this year, which means, I worked behind the scenes of Dance Marathon since September. Since I was on the internal team, I did not get the opportunity to get the set times that I did the year prior. I was worried about this because I was not sure if I would be able to do it.

Spoiler Alert! I did it.

There were many times during the marathon where I thought that I could not stand much longer, but then some thoughts came into my mind. Who was I standing for? I was standing for the kids who had to get their leg amputated because they had osteosarcoma and could no longer stand on both legs. I was standing for the kids who are bound to their hospital beds right at this very moment because they are not strong enough to walk on their own. I was standing for the children who needed me to help them win their fight.

This is what kept me standing. This motivated me so much that I did not complain once because I knew who I was doing it for, and I was not going to let them down.

There were multiple people who kept complaining. Every word out of their mouth was about how their feet hurt, or how they were so tired. A large part of me wanted to turn to them and tell them, "Do you know how tired Grayson was when he had to have his many rounds of chemotherapy when he was just one-year-old?" I did not say that to them because I realized something. I knew what and who I was standing for, but maybe they didn't. My goal this year is to help all of those people understand WHY they are doing it.

20 hours on your feet may seem like a long time, but to watch $2,210,165.21 go up at the end, nothing compares.

Like the musical group Fun. once sang, "What do I stand? What do I stand for?" To that, I say, "I stand for the kids."


Emily Fiorini
Emily Fiorini Mar 18, 2019
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